Status of my Suse Linux build

From: 14 7/8\ (reams_at_of.paper)
Date: 03/29/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:44:43 -0800

Suse 9.2
ATI 9200 flgx driver
SB Live 24-bit audio

Ok, the status is:

1. dri open 3gl (working)
2. dvd xv video (working)
3. tv video (not working)
4. analog and direct access sound (working - but with configuration issues)
5. digital sound - including streaming and cd/digital ( not working ).

Notes

1. Excellent and superb performance of the ati 9200 when using the x.org
server. I don't know if it's x.org or if ati just wrote the drivers
right this time or what...but if you have any doubts about going to 9.2
and you do any kind of gaming...definitely make the upgrade.

2. dvd is flawless and superior to XP in handling dvds that may have
scratches or other media errors. No contest, it's a winner.

3. When I launch the KDE tv application the screen goes blank. I have
to do a Ctrl-Bckspc to get out of it, and even then the framebuffer
seems torqued for good. Have to re-startx to get it back.

4. I can hear sound from ut2004 and from dvds. However, I have to use
a strange process to get it working. Sadly, it's similar to the process
that I used when I was just running my on board via chipset audio, and
part of the reason I went to trouble of buying a sound card was that
'advocates' told me to ( of course, they then said I bought the *wrong*
sound card, but that's the way it goes ).

To get my sound working, after boot I:

a. Go to control center, hardware, sound card and run the test sound for
my card...at that point no sound is heard -- however, I think it is
/queued/ somewhere.

b. Go to control center, sounds and multimedia, go to the 2nd tab and
change a setting -- any setting! -- such as duplex and at that point the
sound that I launched in (a) starts playing. If someone could tell me
why, I'd love to know, but it seems that artS queues it up and somehow
changing a setting here re-initializes it.

5. This I think is the published state of the ca0106 driver and I'm
using Alsa 1.0.9 RC2 so I hope that if it becomes a release they get the
driver fully working...else its time to trash this card and get a Terratec.

Relevant Pages

  • RE: Users with a Sound Loss problem
    ... I have experienced loss of sound for the TV only in Media center. ... The sound works fine for DVD & CD music. ... What audio card and driver version do you have (this can be found in the ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
  • Re: Distorted sound
    ... Did you install the driver for the Sony burner? ... I have installed a Sony DVD/CD burner (which I removed from another ... trying to play a pre-recorded DVD, is faint, distorted and fragmented. ... sound from the included CD player is perfect, as is the sound from a CD ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: DVD-RW drive problems
    ... For DVD sound you need an AC3 audio decoder. ... Get sound and video updates from manufacturer. ... | updating a video card driver via Windows update site. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
  • Re: volume very low only in media center
    ... The driver could be an issue. ... I used the newest directly from ATI. ... > card and love it works great with the expection of two channels the (What I ... > gather) sound reduction garbles up and I get noise. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
  • Re: volume very low only in media center
    ... that it supports only certain sound cards and mine is not on the list. ... > The driver could be an issue. ... I used the newest directly from ATI. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)